War on X final reflection - By RBL

War on X final reflection

Hello, this is RBL and welcome to my final thoughts about my class, War on X. In this blog post I'm going to go back and look at everything I've done in the course, and looking at the things I liked and disliked about it. Like most of my classes in school I had three different units. In each unit we did research and talked about different political topics that we see as important. Some of those topics were, incarceration, critical race theory, and doing group based research on different topics as well. 

Black rhino's population change - By RBL

Black rhino's population change - By RBL

Hello this is RBL and welcome to my last action project blog for my population class. In this blog I made a video talking about the black rhino's population, how's changed overtime, and how humans have changed their population growth. Here's the video and I hope you enjoy it.

"Head On I - Black Rhino" by Lawrence OP is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Please note: If the video doesn't load in my blog, please click the made with clipchamp button to view my video in a separate tab.

Sources: 

“Black Rhino Population.” Our World in Data, Global Change Data Lab,

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/black-rhinos?time=earliest..2017.

Kurnit, Jennifer. “Diceros Bicornis (Black Rhinoceros).” Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan, 2009, 

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Diceros_bicornis/. 

“Black Rhino.” WWF, World Wildlife Fund, https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/black-

rhino#:~:text=Human%20activities%20such%20as%20agriculture%2C%20settlements%2C%20and%20infrastructure,threats%20facing%20black%20rhinos%2C%20poaching%20is%20the%20deadliest.

What makes a hero? - by RBL

What Makes a Hero?

Hello, this is RBL and welcome to my third and final action project for my class called Stories. In this unit, we learned about the theories of the hero’s journey and how different characters change throughout different stories. If you don't already know, the hero's journey is a theory made by Joseph Campbell. It is a theory based on the idea that most known heroes in common literature go through. Connected to that, we also talked about the different ways the hero's journey can be different from one another. We also got to talk about different plots for a hero's journey as well. For example, one of our field experiences was watching the movie, "The Matrix" to get a better look at the hero's journey in a really popular movie. We also got to go to Armani's Howard's art studio to see how he encapsulates the hero's journey in his art. This all led up to our action. In this action project, I'm going to take a fictional hero and compare it to a hero I know in real life.


The fictional hero that I chose was Morpheus from The Matrix movie. I chose this hero because I really liked his journey throughout the first movie and seeing the ways he grew. His mentor relationship with Neo is very entertaining to watch and see how it changes throughout the story. Morpheus taught Neo a lot of important lessons throughout the movie which led to Neo using some of those things to save Morpheus in the end of it. Morpheus in the Matrix was always a very calm and relaxed person and is able to fix a lot of problems under pressure. Now along with my fictional hero, I had to choose a nonfictional hero that I know in real life. The hero I chose for that was JS; JS is a social worker and therapist. I wanted to choose him because I get along with him really well. JS also helps me overcome a lot of my own personal challenges like Morpheus does for Neo. Like Morpheus, JS helps a lot of people overcome different hardships in their lives so they can move on for the better. In their journeys, they are not only fighting for themselves, but are fighting for others against something that is bigger than just the two of them.


The main part of my action project was to create a visual representation of the journey that my heroes went through. Here’s a link to the Prezi I created based on the hero's journey. I hope you enjoy the journey!

Volunteer hours at the logan center

Volunteer hours at the Logan center

Hello this is RBL and in this blog I'll be sharing my experience volunteering at the reva and david logan center for the arts. I personally really enjoyed my experience working there for the time I did. During the day I helped to lay out story books so the families who came to the event had something fun to do. I also got the chance to work at the front desk to explain to families how the event work and provided them a good experience.

A trip to Guatemala - By RBL

 A trip to Guatemala

hello this is RBL and welcome to this blog post. This action project was for my spanish class where we were supposed to create a travel pamphlet. For the pamphlet we all got to choose a different country to learn about their foods, activites, and things you can do in the country. We also had to show different places you could stay or see in the country as well. I chose Guatemala as my country to research for the project. Here's my pamphlet below and in english as well as spanish:

English pamphlet:

Spanish pamphlet:

Sources:

“10 Top Tourist Attractions in Guatemala.” Touropia, 

https://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-guatemala/.

LUNAS , DOS. “The Guatemalan Breakfast.” Dos Lunas Airport Bed & Breakfast/Hostel, 24 

Jan. 2019, https://www.hoteldoslunas.com/the-guatemalan-breakfast/. 

Marshall, Cassie. “Guatemalan Food: Our 25 Most Popular Guatemalan Dishes.” The Kitchen 

Community, International Foods, 31 July 2021, 

https://thekitchencommunity.org/popular-guatemalan-dishes/. 

“Real Intercontinental Guatemala.” Expedia Travel: Vacation Homes, Hotels, Car Rentals, 

Flights & More,

      https://www.expedia.com/Guatemala-City-Hotels-Real-InterContinental-Guatemala.h558105

Thyberg, David. “Traditional Food of Guatemala.” USA Today, Gannett Satellite Information 

Network, 15 Jan. 2019, 

https://traveltips.usatoday.com/traditional-food-guatemala-12595.html.